Lakeland woman had sex with boy, cops say

A Lakeland woman has been arrested on charges of having sex with a less-than-16-year-old boy, police say.

Destiny Ruth Witte, 32, was arrested Wednesday after the unidentified teen told police about what he said happened, records show.

The relationship was discovered this week when a relative of the teenager became concerned about their friendship and invited Witte to the family's home for a chat. Details about the meeting were removed by police from the arrest report but it was described as "awkward" after Witte arrived wearing "provocative clothes" and was later seen embracing the teen in a "passionate" manner.

Witte was arrested after the teen told police about having sex with her and then allowed detectives to listen while he called her on the phone. After one of the detectives broke in on the conversation, Witte agreed to meet with police and later told them "she felt sick to her stomach and realized what she had done was wrong…She state she would be willing to get counseling or do 'anything' to 'make this right,'" the report stated.

She is accused of having sex with the teen in a bathroom at a Lakeland park. Police charged her with one count of lewd battery on a child under 16 and two counts of lewd conduct with a child under 16, both second-degree felonies, records show. She was booked into the Polk County Jail, records show.